We continue our October parenting week looking at the topic “Raising Children to be Leaders”. Our post today is brought to us by Ryan. Ryan is a husband, and father who loves God and desires to serve Him. He loves working with youth and sharing God’s love to everyone he meets.

Training Young Leaders

by Ryan

Some people have the natural gift of influence you can see it bloom in them almost from a child. They love people, they speak well, they are always talking and directing. How do we create this in our children if they do not have it? And how do we encourage it in them if they do?

Why is being a leader so important anyway? First of all, leaders set the direction for others to follow. Just as the general sets the direction of his troops to maximize their potential and complete a stated objective so…